Black Site (2022 film)

Black Site is a 2022 American action-thriller film directed by Sophia Banks and written by Jinder Ho. The film stars Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, and Jai Courtney. It was released on May 3, 2022, by Vertical Entertainment and Redbox.

Black Site
Release poster
Directed by	Sophia Banks
Written by	Jinder Ho
Produced by	Basil Iwanyk Mike Gabrawy Todd Fellman Jason Clarke Craig McMahon Erica Lee
Starring	Jason Clarke Michelle Monaghan Jai Courtney
Cinematography	Donald M. McAlpine
Edited by	Scott Gray
Music by	Patrick Savage
Production companies	MEP Capital Elevate Production Finance Rocket Science Asbury Park Pictures Story Bridge Films
Distributed by	Redbox Entertainment Vertical Entertainment
Release date	May 3, 2022 (2022-05-03)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

A group of officers based in the Citadel, a top-secret CIA–Five Eyes black site in Jordan, must fight for their lives in a cat-and-mouse game against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee, who got himself on the black site on purpose. This would also lead him to escape from Abigail Trent, who joins the CIA to find out who is responsible for destroying a hospital that killed her husband and daughter.^[1]

Cast

• Jason Clarke as Hatchet, a high value detainee
• Michelle Monaghan as Abigail "Abby" Trent, a CIA PsyOps officer and Citadel second in command
• Jai Courtney as Raymond Miller, a CIA contractor and former 1st Battalion Marine
• Pallavi Sharda as Tessa Harijan, a CIA officer and translator
• Fayssal Bazzi as Rashid Nassar, a CIA officer and Citadel Head of Operations
• Uli Latukefu as Captain David Palau, a Delta Force operator
• Phoenix Raei as Uri Wasserman, a Mossad liaison officer
• Todd Lasance as Wesley, an Australian Army soldier
• Lincoln Lewis as Landon Briggs, an Australian Army soldier
• Pacharo Mzembe as Ben Jordan, a US Army soldier
• Simon Elrahi as Farhan Barakat, a Citadel detainee linked to Hatchet
• Jordan Murphy as Silas Allen, a high ranking CIA official

Production

On January 25, 2021, it was announced that Sophia Banks would be directing Black Site, an action-thriller film written by Jinder Ho and starring Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, and Jai Courtney.^[1] The following month, principal photography began in Gold Coast, Australia, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Uli Latukefu, Pallavi Sharda, Phoenix Raei, and Fayssal Bazzi joining the cast.^[2] Filming also took place in Byron Bay, New South Wales.^[3] By June 2021, the film was in post-production.^[4]

Release

The film was released on May 3, 2022, by Redbox and Vertical Entertainment.^[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 29% from seven reviews are mixed, with an average rating of 5.0/10.^[6]